Americans just elected two lesbian governors. Have attitudes changed that much? Tatishe Nteta, Ray La Raja, Maddi Hertz, Jesse Rhodes, Alexander Theodoridis, and Adam Eichen - November 15, 2022 Our research found sexism hurts candidates more than antigay attitudes, at least in Massachusetts
Americans agree with their state and local officials on climate action Sabrina B. Arias and Joshua Schwartz - July 26, 2022 Although Congress seems unable to act, enough states, cities and counties are mobilizing to make a dent in U.S. carbon emissions
Patriot Front is on the march. It’s selling a story about whiteness. Candice K. Travis - July 24, 2022 Here’s the story the group was peddling when it marched on Boston’s Freedom Trail — and in hundreds of other appearances so far this year
The new Supreme Court doctrine against religious discrimination Andrew Lewis - July 6, 2022 Conservative justices favor religious liberty over the separation of church and state.
Do many Americans believe in the ‘great replacement’ theory? Tarah Williams, Roy Whitaker, Nazita Lajevardi, and Evan Stewart - June 6, 2022 The Buffalo shooting showed that at least some people are ready to commit violence for this conspiracy theory
You’ve seen the leaked opinion overturning Roe. Here’s what comes next. Julie Novkov - May 3, 2022 Opinions have been leaked before, but this one is different.
Protesting for reproductive rights on International Women’s Day? Here are some lessons from the Women’s March. Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson - March 8, 2022 Here’s what my research found
As written, Build Back Better could support — or devastate — child care for disadvantaged working parents Jennifer Bouek - December 5, 2021 Child-care centers in Boston’s poorer areas had to close when the city boosted universal prekindergarten, research finds
Politics is still local. When incumbents face off in redrawn districts, community ties make a big difference. Charles Hunt - November 29, 2021 Yes, party matters. But so do incumbents’ deep ties to their districts.
Boston now has an Asian American woman as mayor. Why are so few women of color in elected office? Christian Dyogi Phillips - November 23, 2021 My research examines why women of color reach the ballot less often than men of color, White women and White men
In the battle over school mask mandates, Americans will listen to some orders – and not others Jonathan E. Collins - October 1, 2021 They’re more willing to listen to presidents than mayors -- and to heed Biden rather than Trump
As little as $20 in cash might persuade the reluctant to get vaccinated, our research finds Daniel J. Simmons and Carlos Algara - August 24, 2021 But employer mandates may harden opposition.
Strong teachers unions and school mask mandates go together, our research finds Jamie McCallum and Adam Dean - August 19, 2021 Schools that required masks last year had a 37 percent lower incidence of coronavirus cases than those that did not. And that reduction within schools also slowed community spread.
MLB moved the All-Star Game to protest Georgia’s new voting law. Here’s what that says about democracy. Thomas David Bunting - April 8, 2021 That will alert far more ordinary citizens to concerns about voter suppression
Women have been hit hardest by the pandemic economically. Will that bring them closer together politically? Leah Ruppanner and Kelsy Kretschmer - March 25, 2021 Here’s what our research found.
Boston is about to get its first Black and first female mayor. How will she govern? Sharon Wright Austin - February 3, 2021 Kim Janey’s step into that office will signal that the city has changed
Biden wants to bring Democrats and Republicans together. Here’s why that’s so challenging. Sarah E. Anderson, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, and Daniel Butler - December 18, 2020 Legislators worry that if they compromise, they’ll lose their next primaries.
Had LGBT voters stayed home, Trump might have won the 2020 presidential election Gabriele Magni, Andrew Flores, and Andrew Reynolds - November 30, 2020 In 2020, more U.S. voters identified as LGBT than ever before. Here’s where it mattered most.
Some people want a U.S. truth commission. But truth commissions have limits. Kelebogile Zvobgo and Claire Crawford - October 21, 2020 Our research explains what these commissions can and cannot do
Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ slur makes some people blame Chinese Americans. But others blame Trump. Gregory Porumbescu and Donald Moynihan - September 16, 2020 Even conservatives responded to the phrase by more often criticizing the president
The long, dangerous history of right-wing calls for violence and civil war Sam Jackson - September 9, 2020 In the 1960s and again today, Americans who describe themselves as patriots accuse other Americans of treason.
Trump’s efforts to tighten immigration ignore the contributions of foreign-born workers Harvey Lodish and Bruce Peabody - July 16, 2020 Here’s the evidence.
Some lawmakers are calling for truth commissions on racial violence. How do these work? Kelebogile Zvobgo and Carla Winston - June 8, 2020 These factors help commissions create effective solutions
Hate crimes against Asian Americans have been declining for years. Will the coronavirus change that? Ayal Feinberg - April 12, 2020 Social distancing may reduce opportunities to act on bias
Asians are stereotyped as ‘competent but cold.’ Here’s how that increases backlash from the coronavirus pandemic. Yuhua Wang - April 5, 2020 Leaders can make this better — or worse
William Barr thinks China is stealing American technology. Can the U.S. halt the exchange of knowledge? Yeling Tan and Peter A. Hall - February 14, 2020 U.S. companies — and the scientific community — could lose out in the long term.
Can Bernie Sanders break out beyond his base in New Hampshire? Dante J. Scala - February 10, 2020 Flexibility brings in a wider range of voters — and enough delegates to win the nomination
Is the clock ticking on daylight saving time? Here’s what it would take to change it. Thomas R. Gray and Jeffery Jenkins - November 3, 2019 We look at the politics behind why Americans love/hate turning back the clock
Trump’s Fourth of July celebration is partisan and militaristic — just like the early Independence Day celebrations Simon Gilhooley - July 4, 2019 Americans in the 19th century wouldn’t have minded the partisanship or military parades, but would have balked at glorifying the commander in chief.
There’s a problem with Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s approach to revitalizing South Bend. Josh Pacewicz - May 12, 2019 Struggling cities and towns are in a costly, zero-sum competition for jobs.
What 3 famous philosophers would think about the college admissions scandal David Lay Williams - March 27, 2019 Plato, Hobbes and Rousseau agree: Concentrated wealth and extreme inequality corrupt the rich and the ordinary alike.
The real college admissions scandal isn’t bribes and cheating. It’s how wealth tilts the playing field. Scott E. Page - March 21, 2019 If you can choose from 18 sports and 150 clubs, you have more chances to excel.
Weird War, ‘Grand Fraud’: The Week in One Song Christopher Federico - March 14, 2019 How do you get into an elite college?
The 2019 Women’s March was bigger than you think Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - February 1, 2019 After two years of counting political crowds in the United
Is MS-13 as dangerous as Trump suggests? Mariely Lopez-Santana, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, and Camilo Pardo - December 7, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81146" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Police detain suspects after dismantling a
Eight white-majority districts elected Black members of Congress this year David Lublin - November 19, 2018 That's a breakthrough.
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more than in any month since Trump’s inauguration. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - August 31, 2018 This is the 17th installment in a monthly series reporting
This map shows where more Americans are willing to support free speech James Gibson and Christopher Claassen - February 15, 2018 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters gather at Boston's Free Speech
In December, thousands of Americans protested against the tax plan, for DACA and about all the other usual suspects Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - January 25, 2018 This is the 12th installment in a monthly series reporting
The Republican tax bill will probably make rich people greedier. Here’s why. Stéphane Côté and Robb Willer - December 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_67452" align="aligncenter" width="960"] House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.),
Last month, 83% of U.S. protests were against Trump Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - September 28, 2017 This is the eighth installment in a monthly series reporting
Americans think opioid addiction is a crisis. They’re not sure federal dollars will solve it. Travis Johnston - August 10, 2017 What do Americans think should be done about the opioid
Too many Americans know too little about the Constitution. Here’s how you can fix that. Andrew Rudalevige - June 27, 2017 One easy way to get a laugh on late-night TV
In Trump’s America, who’s protesting and why? Here’s our May report. Jeremy Pressman, Erica MacDonald, and Erica Chenoweth - June 26, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60339" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Rene Bermudez, second from left, looks
In Trump’s America, who’s protesting and why? Here’s our March report. Stephen Zunes, Jeremy Pressman, Erica Chenoweth, David Prater, and Ches Thurber - April 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57188" align="alignnone" width="960"] Clarissa Horsfall joins in “A Day
This is what we learned by counting the women’s marches Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - February 7, 2017 Editors' note: This is the fifth post in our series
Will the anti-Trump protests expand? That’s more likely than ever before Raymond Fisman and Miriam Golden - February 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53650" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protest against President Trump on
Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organization” puts academic researchers at risk Andrew March - January 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52944" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Election posters in Jordan in 2016, including Muslim
We tried to save 150 people in Aleppo from 5,000 miles away Steven Livingston and Jonathan Drake - January 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52233" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A girl plays amid the rubble
What makes young people more excited about politics? Deciding how to spend municipal budgets Celina Su - October 17, 2016 [caption id="attachment_47861" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStockphoto)[/caption] Young people, like many Americans,
Venezuela has solved its hunger problem? Don’t believe the U.N.’s numbers. Michelle Jurkovich - September 21, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46426" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People stand in line as they
Will the Cleveland convention help Trump win Ohio? Probably not. Joseph Uscinski and Christopher B. Mann - July 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43710" align="aligncenter" width="960"] CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 11: Windows
Europe’s asylum system serves neither the refugees nor the countries. Here’s a new way of thinking about it. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - April 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38447" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Refugees and migrants take part in
People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to endorse violence Joseph Parent and Joseph Uscinski - February 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_15102" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (X-Files/20th Century Fox)[/caption] On Jan. 26,
What do citizens fear most — for the world, the nation, themselves? The answers might surprise you. Nick Vaughan-Williams and Daniel Stevens - January 11, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34252" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Amtrak Special Operations Police patrol Union
Do conservatives really want to ban only Muslim immigrants? Matthew Creighton and Amaney Jamal - December 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33582" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks
This is why the two leading candidates for Guatemala's presidency came to the U.S. to campaign - September 10, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29244" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Why is television comedian and Guatemalan
This is why the two leading candidates for Guatemala’s presidency came to the U.S. to campaign Michael Paarlberg - September 10, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29244" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Why is television comedian and Guatemalan
How does the NFL's Roger Goodell stay in power? By acting like a dictator. John Sides - August 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28851" align="aligncenter" width="908"] NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell leaves the
How does the NFL’s Roger Goodell stay in power? By acting like a dictator. Michael Horowitz - August 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28851" align="aligncenter" width="908"] NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell leaves the
Puerto Rico can't pay its debt, and the United States is partly to blame - July 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27451" align="aligncenter" width="3300"] On July 4, a woman walks
Puerto Rico can’t pay its debt, and the United States is partly to blame Rashid Marcano-Rivera - July 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27451" align="aligncenter" width="3300"] On July 4, a woman walks
Millennials don't want to run for office John Sides - February 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_9931" align="aligncenter" width="606"] President Obama shakes hands at Sloopy's
Millennials don’t want to run for office Shauna Shames - February 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_9931" align="aligncenter" width="606"] President Obama shakes hands at Sloopy's
The Islamic State won't find it easy to wipe away post-colonial borders William Miles - September 10, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15588" align="aligncenter" width="620"] This image posted on a militant
The Islamic State won’t find it easy to wipe away post-colonial borders William Miles - September 10, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15588" align="aligncenter" width="620"] This image posted on a militant
The multiple international dimensions of an election in a small African country Kim Yi Dionne - April 19, 2014 On April 13, Bissau Guineans went to the polls to
Our political parties are networked, not fragmented John Sides - February 14, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6649" align="aligncenter" width="640" special=""] (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)[/caption] This
The anti-abortion movement has changed. Here's what that means for abortion clinics. John Sides - January 16, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5387" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Eleanor McCullen, standing by the
States with higher black turnout are more likely to restrict voting John Sides - December 17, 2013 This is a guest post by University of Massachusetts at
The Romney campaign's own polls showed it would lose John Sides - October 8, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1234" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Mitt and Ann Romney after
Foreign jihadists aren't as big a threat to the West as you might think Joshua Tucker - September 25, 2013 [caption id="attachment_191" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Kabir Dhanji / European Pressphoto
Jihadi foreign fighters: How dangerous? Joshua Tucker - May 31, 2013 In our continuing collaboration with political science journals, the following
Why Defining Terrorism Matters Erica Chenoweth - May 28, 2013 This is a guest post by Karolina Lula, a PhD
Revisiting the AUMF Andrew Rudalevige - May 16, 2013 During the April 2004 oral arguments in the Hamdi v
Contextualizing Religious Profiling in Dagestan: Tsarnaev and the Kotrova Mosque Joshua Tucker - April 25, 2013 The following is the second of two guest posts today
The evidence suggests that the conflict in Chechnya was not a major factor in the motivation of the Boston bombers Joshua Tucker - April 25, 2013 The following is the first of two guest posts today
Not Your Average Chechen Jihadis: Drawing the Wrong Conclusions About the Boston Bombing Joshua Tucker - April 22, 2013 Ever since the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were
Why Do Gun Rights Advocates Have More Political Firepower? Intensity or Efficacy and Social Networks? David Karol - April 22, 2013 Now that the manhunt in Boston has ended, observers are
References on Chechnya, the Caucasus, and Related Violence, plus another word of caution Joshua Tucker - April 19, 2013 I have been debating whether to write this post for
The Importance of Remembering that Not All Muslims in the Post-Soviet Region are Radical Islamists or Chechen Nationalists Joshua Tucker - April 19, 2013 Muslims in Russia are often alleged (most recently by President
Ongoing events in Watertown and Cambridge, MA Joshua Tucker - April 19, 2013 In the unlikely event that any of our readers look
Watership Down, thick description, applied statistics, immutability of stories, and playing tennis with a net Andrew Gelman - March 6, 2013 For the past several months I've been circling around and
Executive Privileges Andrew Rudalevige - June 20, 2012 As I start this post, news is breaking that President
Graduate Student Workshop in Fiscal Sociology John Sides - February 4, 2011 "Isaac Martin":http://sociology.ucsd.edu/faculty/bio/martin.shtml sends along this announcement. Looks interesting! bq. In
More on Political Behavior of Internal Migrants in the US Joshua Tucker - December 23, 2010 In my post earlier this week on the "political implications
Political Implications of the Census Joshua Tucker - December 22, 2010 I wanted to follow up on "Andy's post":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/the_media_stick_to_old_labels_.html yesterday about
Our Patchwork Nation John Sides - November 22, 2010 The journalist Dante Chinni and political scientist James Gimpel have
The Racial Dimension of the MA Special Election John Sides - January 25, 2010 Charles Stewart of MIT crunches some data and reports: bq.
The Best College Town in America - July 7, 2009 ... is Amherst, Massachusetts, at least according to this just-published
Some Data on Latin American Coups John Sides - July 1, 2009 In earlier post, I passed along this query from a
Political and social equality then and now Andrew Gelman - May 31, 2009 In a review of a recent book by Edmund Morgan,
What do Indianapolis, Boston, and Vancouver have that Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Washington lack? - May 22, 2009 Good professional sports teams... ...according to this analysis by the
And the best place in the world to live is… - May 9, 2009 Vienna. That's according to Mercer's hot-off-the-presses 2009 "quality of life"
Kevin Garnett’s Knees and the Decline of Local Newspapers John Sides - April 21, 2009 I always assumed that, despite the suffering of local newspapers,
The Real Great Depression - November 24, 2008 Forget about the Great Depression. Writing in the current issue
Fact-Checking James Fallows - September 4, 2008 In his review of Sarah Palin’s convention speech, James Fallows